Zenith Energy Regulatory News (ZEN)

August 22, 2017 

ZENITH ENERGY LTD.

("Zenith" or the "Company")

Director/ PDMR Shareholding

Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V: ZEE), the dual listed international oil & gas production company operating the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan, is pleased to announce that Andrea Cattaneo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has today purchased 300,000 common shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares") at an average price of £0.0770 per Common Share.

Following this purchase, Mr. Cattaneo now holds 2,547,485 Common Shares representing 2.05 per cent of the Common Shares in issue.

For further information, please contact:

Zenith Energy Ltd.

Andrea Cattaneo

CEO & President

Email: info@zenithenergy.ca

Telephone: +1 (587) 315 9031

Telefax: +1 (403) 775 4474

Allenby Capital Limited - (Joint Broker)

Nick Harriss

Nick Athanas

Richard Short

Telephone:   + 44 (0) 203 328 5656

Optiva Securities - (Joint Broker)

Christian Dennis

Telephone: + 44 (0) 203 137 1903

Abchurch (Financial PR/IR)

Tim Thompson

Telephone: +44 (0) 200 7398 7700